John Motson has died, which immediately brings back happy memories of playing Fifa 99 on the original Playstation
This Week In The 90s
Reliving the 90s, one week at a time. Weekly emails about stuff from 30 years ago—a Recommend By Substack newsletter -> thisweekinthe90s.com
@JeffAllenOfGenX Aha, but that's not what I said. To break this particular generalization, you'd need to be a young person who hates Enya.
#90s song of the day
🎵 Metallica—"Sad But True"
Number 21 in the charts on February 17, 1993
Hyeurgh! Metallica's black album is the gift that keeps giving, as "Sad But True" becomes the fifth single, a full 18 months after "Enter Sandman" came out.
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/A8MO7fkZc5o
#90s song of the day
🎵 R.E.M.—"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
Number 22 in the charts on February 16, 1993
A 2009 survey found that this is the most misheard lyric of all time. Stipe is singing "Call me when you try to wake her up", but most people hear something like "Colin tried Jamaica's rump".
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/mgiCechWNCo
#90s song of the day
🎵Lenny Kravits—"Are You Gonna Go My Way?"
Number 11 in the charts on February 15, 1993
Lenny Kravitz makes a bid to become the new Jimi Hendrix, resulting in one of his biggest singles.
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/8LhCd1W2V0Q
Enya has been cool af among younger people for quite a while now. The only people who don’t adore #Enya are the ones who remember when she was in the charts.
#90s song of the day
🎵 Annie Lennox—"Love Song For A Vampire"
Number 3 in the charts on February 14, 1993
Our featured song this week! Sign up to read all about vampires in the 90s: www.twit90s.com
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/vhG8zC4npsE
#90s song of the day
🎵 Whitney Houston—"I'm Every Woman"
Number 5 in the charts on February 13, 1993
Whitney covers Chaka Khan in her second single off the sound track of The Bodyguard.
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/H7_sqdkaAfo
What would John Lennon have been like if he'd lived long enough to be on Twitter in 2017?
#90s song of the day
🎵 Radiohead—"Anyone Can Play Guitar"
Number 32 in the charts on February 10th, 1993
Radiohead's first-ever Top 40 hit, and certainly not their last.
🎧 LISTEN: https://vimeo.com/408703845
This week's newsletter talks about "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited and why some people are big nerds about lyrics.
Also, hits from Bon Jovi, Saint Etienne, , Radiohead, and a look at Belly's first album.
#90s song of the day
🎵 Sting—"If I Ever Lose My Faith In You"
Number 17 in the charts on February 9th, 1993. The first single from Sting's monster solo album, Ten Summoner's Tales.
Time magazine talk about this weird new thing called “The Internet” in Feb 1993
(via r/thirtyyearsago)
#90s song of the day
🎵 2 Unlimited—"No Limit"
"Number ONE in the charts on February 8th, 1993
Techno, techno, techno, techno. "No Limit" is our featured song this week--visit http://twit90s.com to read about why some people get really annoyed at bad lyrics.
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/r6FVk2k4qsM
#90s song of the day
🎵 Saint Etienne—"You're In A Bad Way"
Number 12 in the charts on February 7th, 1993
Saint Etienne wrote this song in under 30 minutes. It became a huge hit and earned their first Top Of The Pops appearance. Imagine if they'd spent an hour at it?
🎧 LISTEN: https://youtu.be/OEDAGNYYa1o
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Also in my repeats of repeats of #totp: Justine Frischmann challenging Brian Molko for the crown of Hottest Androgynous Rock Star Of The 90s
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